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Reducing Future Flood Losses:

The Role of Human Actions -- Summary of a Workshop, March 2, 2004, Washington, DC

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Publication Year:2004

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On March 2, 2004 the Disasters Roundtable held its 10th workshop, which dealt with the topic of flood hazards and what needs to be done to help reduce society s future vulnerability to them. The summary of the workshop, ...
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Front Matter i-iv  
Reducing Future Flood Losses: The Role of Human Actions 1-13 (skim)
Appendix: Workshop 14-17 (skim)

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On March 2, 2004 the Disasters Roundtable held its 10th workshop, which dealt with the topic of flood hazards and what needs to be done to help reduce society s future vulnerability to them. The summary of the workshop, entitled Reducing Future Flood Losses: The Role of Human Actions, covers discussion by academic, government and private sector experts and stakeholders on the role of local, state and federal government in countering flood disaster losses; initiatives undertaken by the private sector; insights from research on such topics as presidential flood disaster declarations; and discussion of the historical evolution of government flood policies, including those initiated by Congress and implemented by various administrations through the Corps of Engineers and FEMA.

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